Editor’s note: Happy Grandparents’ Day to all our wonderful grands! We are thankful for you.
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Devotional Thought on Grandparents
Laps open and ready for watching post-nap cartoons. Eyes crinkling in response to cartwheels and somersaults across the backyard. Heads thrown back in laughter during tickle sessions. Checks hidden in birthday cards. Games played on tables still sticky from holiday baking. Walks, hand in hand, through the leaves in the park. Ice cream on cones, stacked scoop upon scoop, licked in unison on an outside bench. Wrinkly hands curled atop piano keys while others gather around to listen.
Grandparents — we all bring offerings that no other can duplicate: An offering of wisdom that comes from living a lifetime.
An offering of patience hewn from trial. An offering of laughter learned through making the most of both prosperous and lean times.
Indeed, we “still bear fruit in old age.” We “stay fresh and green” no matter our age (Psalm 92:14)! Let’s thank God for the gift of being a grandparent.
~ Elisa Morgan
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green. — Psalm 92:12–14
Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge. — Proverbs 14:26
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare Your power to the next generation, Your mighty acts to all who are to come. — Psalm 71:18
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old — things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done. — Psalm 78:2–4
[Older women] can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children. — Titus 2:4
Excerpted with permission from God’s Words of Life for Grandmothers copyright Zondervan.
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Your Turn
Grandparents can be such a wonderful blessing in our lives! Grandparents who love the Lord and have prayed for us our entire lives are a blessing we don’t necessarily understand until we’re grown and see the hand of God on our lives over decades. Be sure to thank and love on the grands in your life today! Grandparents, we’re grateful for you! ~ Devotionals Daily